Opening domestic and international markets, in order to prevent unfair competition and economic development in rural areas, to attract youth in this area, to increase employment of workers in this field, Romania must use local traditional products as a tool to achieve these goals. Because of...

In the knowledge process we have a variety of methods, ways, means enabling the identification, scientific determination of the phenomena from nature and society. A current widely used model is modeling the investigated phenomena. Research methods used in order to elucidate economic processes...

In this paper we present two scenarios to mitigate inequalities in rural Western region of Romania. The two scenarios are: a) Scenario Convergence and Territorial Cohesion - CCT Which assumes that the dependence decreases as circumstantial situations, the degree of homogeneity of economic...

In Romania, some traditional foods present risk of disappearing due to altered lifestyle. In this paper we address the concept of sustainable which referring to time, a long time. Sustainable process must be converted to sustainable human development, oriented mainly towards quality of life and...

The volume contains the papers accepted and published in the Proceedings of the 3rd International symposium entitled: ‘Agrarian Economy and Rural Development - Realities and Perspectives for Romania', organized by the Institute of Research for Agricultural Economics and Rural Development,...